AUBURN – Auburn got its second defensive prospect to commit to the 2019 recruiting class in form of a four-star cornerback.

Jaylin Simpson, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound athlete from Frederica Academy in St. Simons Island, Georgia, announced his verbal pledge to the Auburn program on Twitter after visiting the Plains over the weekend. Auburn views him as a cornerback.

“I would like to thank the Man above for giving me the opportunity to continue my education and to play football at the next level," Simpson wrote in a published note on Twitter. "I also would like to thank my Mom, sister, and pops for supporting me. I would also like to give thanks to my coaches, teammates, administration, and teachers at Frederica Academy. Without you guys I would not be in this position. With that being said, I will be committing to Auburn University."

Simpson joins a 2019 recruiting class that previously had four-star quarterback Bo Nix, four-star wide receiver George Pickens and three-star center prospect Jakai Clark that currently ranks 25th in the nation very early in the process.

Simpson, who had scholarship offers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida State, Clemson and LSU, gave his verbal pledge less than 48 hours after he and four-star athlete Jashawn Sheffield, a high school teammate of Simpson, took a second visit to Auburn this past weekend.

According to a SEC Country report, Simpson’s first trip to Auburn a month ago allowed the Tigers program to have “jumped somewhere up in the top 3” of his choices. During that first visit on Auburn’s campus, Simpson interacted with safeties coach Greg Brown and defensive coordinator Kevin Steele. Simpson did reportedly has schools interested in him at cornerback, but Steele has previously said he and his assistant coaches like to develop secondary players first at nickel cornerback and then determine their viability either at cornerback or safety after their initial preseason camp.